Comments Thread For: Atlas Promises 'Same Old Teddy' During PBC's ESPN Run

[FrankieClutch]

Geez, so we get to hear his ****** metaphors. Great.

[b Murphington]

I guess Im still going to have to play music as I watch the fights so I can avoid hearing that ridiculous commentary.

I hope this is not an exaggeration and that you actually do that for said reason. Because if that is true, it's ***in hilarious.

[TRTboy]

So he's going to be his negative hating self? LOL yeah no thanks. All this guy talks about while commenting a ****ing fight is all the negativity in boxing. It sucks the excitement of a fight because all you hear is negativity.

[b Murphington]

Geez, so we get to hear his ****** metaphors. Great.

They are very odd indeed. Teddy would probably try to make a connection between giving birth to a child and boxing or animals fornicating and boxing, or some weird shyt like that.

[The Problem Child]

EVERYBODY has a price. Per sources, Teddy has supposedly already been paid by Haymon to read a script during PBC cards.

[FrankieClutch]

They are very odd indeed. Teddy would probably try to make a connection between giving birth to a child and boxing or animals fornicating and boxing, or some weird shyt like that.

See here's the thing, boxing's a lot like giving birth. You gotta get your legs the right distance apart and push yourself to the limit to get the job done. But wait, the baby has down syndrome. That's when you throw the left hook, ****!

[Scipio2009]

still..all these promoters and networks ONLY ***ing with ONE team is bad for our sport. Haymon wont do business with this guy Arum wont do business this that guy...DLH wont do business with this guy...blah blah blah.

Id love to see Bradley and Floyd. Will we? Nope. Cant! Thats just to name a couple of fights we are missing. Maybe Haymon plan is to weed out all the others and gain control of Boxing as a whole and give us the best fights. Still to soon to know!

Why are you still trying to play Haymon's efforts and Top Rank/Golden Boy as equal in this discussion?

To use a wrestling analogy, Haymon's PBC effort is basically akin to the old National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where there was really one massive pool of available wrestlers (some more tied down to certain promoters than others) and every promoter under the umbrella got access to wrestlers whenever they became available.

Arum and Oscar are akin to the promoters who, for whatever reason, refused to get on board with the NWA; as the NWA did in the late 40's, the PBC effort will likely cull Top Rank and Golden Boy, and anyone else unwilling to participate.

PBC as the umbrella, DiBella Entertainment/Mayweather Promotions/Warriors Boxing/TGB Promotions/GYM/Matchroom Sport-Sauerland Event as the promoters, and a massive resurgence in the interest in boxing to follow (Greg Cohen Promotions, Roc Nation, and other adaptable promoters will find their own spaces to operate, but the old guard that refuses to adapt will end up folding; stars seeing the shrinking comparative pies of doing things the old way, while young talent don't even sign with the old guard to begin with).

Tim Bradley made his decision; he's already 31, never really had the opportunity to build himself as a draw, has some wars on his body, and saw that Arum was offering a guaranteed longterm deal. He'll continue to make his $2m paydays for whatever fights Top Rank can get for him, put that money into the bank, and then ride off with his family once this deal is finally up (Arum looking to be hurting so bad for talent, 140-147-154, likely means that that'd come with retirement or when he starts to really fade as a fighter).

If he truly wanted the possibility of a Mayweather fight, the decision made would've been a different one. And it's a decision that a lot of other fighters will have to make in the not too distant future.

[Scipio2009]

I give him 3-5 shows before he gets canned.

The first three fight cards announced are all competitive fights, with Harrison-Nelson having the makings of a potential fight of the year.

Teddy'll be just fine

[FloydvsPac]

So he's going to be his negative hating self? LOL yeah no thanks. All this guy talks about while commenting a ****ing fight is all the negativity in boxing. It sucks the excitement of a fight because all you hear is negativity.

Also, expect Atlas to be Al Haymon's puppet. No more **** talking Haymon fighters.

[Cinci Champ]

reading throught the comments i wonder how the hell can someone not like Atlas? the man is great for boxing and boxing telecasts, the man speaks his mind and that's better than those HBO guys, excluding Roy, that just promote fighters that is good for HBO agenda, Atlas is the truth and knows more about boxing than anyone that doesn't like him

there is only one real reason. he has said things about manny that his fans dont like when it comes to drug testing and mayweather negotiations thats pretty much the only reason but if we only like announcers who kiss our favorite fighters ass what is the point